ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158523
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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA978 |
| MSN: | MG-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Oakington |
Mission to Worms. Took off from RAF Oakington at 1718 hrs. Those who died are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery. On being liberated, Sgt Clydesdale was admitted to RAF Hospital Wroughton. Flt Sgt Watson was flying as the visual air bomber. At 19, Fg Off Robertson was one of the youngest officers to be killed on Bomber Command operations on 1945.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant James Blair Murdoch Liddell RAF 136443 [PoW] (NCO:1393621 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 March, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Edward Pickering RAFVR 1122361 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Gilbert Ferguson Sage RAFVR 1566413 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant John Ronald Mears RAFVR 1395032 [Killed]
Visual Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Harold Munro Watson RAFVR 1555045 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Gordon Angus Robertson RAFVR 168782 [Killed] (NCO:1713843 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 April, 1944)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant H N Clydesdale RAF [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Peter Louis Wyndham Scott RAFVR 1804436 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force bomber Command losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 85.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 08:22 | JINX | Added |
| 28-May-2016 14:10 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 21:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 05-Dec-2021 11:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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